2014 Workshop materials | Teacher (Grades 6 - 12) and Park Ranger & Interpreter Development Courses

Geodetic resources shared in 2014 workshops: Using Data in Earth Science, Teacher Professional Development Workshop, Aurora, Colorado; National Science Teacher Association (NSTA) National Conference, Boston, Massachusetts; EarthScope Alaska-Yukon Regional Workshop for Interpretor Professionals, Anchorage, Alaska; Teacher Professional Development Workshop, Anchorage, Alaska; Mid-Continent Rift System Educator Program, Houghton, Michigan; GSA Short Courses: The Crunching of Cascadia: Discovering Deformation with Data and Yellowstone National Park as a Hotbed for Inquiry, Vancouver, Canada; workshop session at the AGU Geophysical Information for Teachers (GIFT) Workshops, San Francisco, California

• About UNAVCO (Explained in 3 Minutes) [youtube]
• Looking Down a Well: A Brief History of Geodesy [youtube] Source: NASA

• Presentations:

  • About UNAVCO, EarthScope, and the Plate Boundary Observatory: Getting to know UNAVCO and the Plate Boundary Observatory [pptx]
  • About Geodesy and applications of geodesy to science & society Science discoveries using GPS [pptx]
  • Educational resources @ UNAVCO and Connecting with UNAVCO on Facebook: Resources at UNAVCO & the Plate Boundary Observatory [pptx]
• Student modules and activities:
  • GPS Basics: Hands on and activity:
    Measuring plate motion with GPS: Iceland covers How GPS works, How high-precision GPS measures plate motions to the millimeter, and an applied example: Iceland
    
  • Visualizing Data Relationships Activitiy: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Plate Tectonics Classroom activity both Western United States and Alaska
  • Exploring plate motion and deformation in California with GPS Classroom activity Students analyze GPS data to study the motion of the Pacific and North American tectonic plates.
  • Taking the pulse of Yellowstone’s “breathing” volcano: Problem-based learning in America’s first national park Module: covers eruption history, hydrothermal activity, seismic activity, and ground deformation
  • Crunching of Cascadia: Discovering Deformation with Data Module Materials
• Data tutorials:
  • What’s under the shrubbery? Using LiDAR and Google Earth to study erosion, landslides, and more! [pdf] 
  • How fast are we moving? [pdf]  Exploring plate motion using the UNAVCO GPS Velocity Viewer
• More resources:
  • Open Topography
  • National Lidar Dataset (United States) (Wikipedia)
  • Colorado LiDAR
  • Wyoming LiDAR
  • UNAVCO Global Data Ruler: GPS, earthquakes, and strain
  • GPS Spotlight
  • PBO H2O:

Relevant workshop resources with geodetic content: 2014 CEETEP Workshops

• GPS and Earthquake Early Warning [youtube]
  
• What can GPS tell us about future earthquakes? [youtube]
  
• Beauty and the Beast: Plate Tectonics and Geological Hazards of the Pacific Northwest
• Basics of Earthquake and Tsunami Science and Hazards and Related Teaching Activities[pdf]
• Cascadia Earthquakes and Tsunami and Related Teaching Activities [pdf]
• World Map of Plate Boundaries and Activity[pdf]
• Pacific Northwest Tectonic Block Model[pdf]
• Activity—Cascadia GPS (gumdrop GPS)[pdf]
• Advanced GPS Activity—Locked & Loading [pdf]: Using Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO) data to determine elastic compression of the Pacific Northwest Active Continental Margin.[pdf]
• Activity—ETS (Episodic Tremor & Slip) [pdf]
• Local GPS cards illustrating the change of position over time for Quillayut , WA and Aberdeen, Washington, Goldendale, Washington, Astoria, Oregon , Newport, Oregon, Cape Meares, Oregon , Corvallis, Oregon [pdf]
• Relevant Next Generation Science Standards[pdf]